Facts About Food Studies

Located in one of the world’s great food cities, providing students with a rich context for the study of food.

The Port of New Orleans is the largest site of coffee importation in the United States, and the region’s seafood industry is among the largest in the nation with a significant impact on the local economy. Study in a city that is your laboratory for learning.

Students will learn to connect experiences of food to larger systems of social organization and relationships among ideas from sociology, philosophy, history, religious studies, law, cultural studies, biology, environmental studies, and more.